Nonstop flight route between Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil and Altenburg, Thuringia, Germany:
Departure Airport:
(29°59'38"S by 51°10'15"W)
Arrival Airport:
(50°58'50"N by 12°30'35"E)
Distance from POA to AOC:
6,801.01 miles (10,945.14 km)
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Salgado Filho International Airport (POA), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil and Leipzig–Altenburg Airport (AOC), Altenburg, Thuringia, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,801 miles (or 10,945 kilometers).
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Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | POA / SBPA |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
| GPS Coordinates: | 29°59'38"S by 51°10'15"W |
| Area Served: | Porto Alegre |
| Operator/Owner: | Infraero |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 11 feet (3 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from POA |
| More Information: | POA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | AOC / EDAC |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Altenburg, Thuringia, Germany |
| GPS Coordinates: | 50°58'50"N by 12°30'35"E |
| Area Served: | Altenburg and Leipzig, Germany |
| Operator/Owner: | Flugplatz Altenburg-Nobitz GmbH |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 640 feet (195 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from AOC |
| More Information: | AOC Maps & Info |
Facts about Salgado Filho International Airport (POA):
- However, in order to cope with the increasing passenger traffic at the airport, on September 8, 2010 a decision was made to renovate Terminal 2 and bring it back into passenger use.
- Salgado Filho International Airport (POA) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Salgado Filho International Airport", another name for POA is "Aeroporto Internacional Salgado Filho".
- People mover connects the International Airport to the Porto Alegre Metro Airport Station since August 10, 2013.
- Salgado Filho International Airport is the airport serving Porto Alegre, Brazil.
- On October 12, 1951, São João Federal Airport was renamed Salgado Filho Airport, after the Senator and Minister who died the year before on a crash involving a SAVAG aircraft that departed from Porto Alegre.
- The furthest airport from Salgado Filho International Airport (POA) is Yakushima Airport (KUM), which is nearly antipodal to Salgado Filho International Airport (meaning Salgado Filho International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Yakushima Airport), and is located 12,324 miles (19,834 kilometers) away in Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
- Because of Salgado Filho International Airport's relatively low elevation of 11 feet, planes can take off or land at Salgado Filho International Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
- The closest airport to Salgado Filho International Airport (POA) is Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport (CCM), which is located 137 miles (221 kilometers) NE of POA.
Facts about Leipzig–Altenburg Airport (AOC):
- Following the defeat of Germany, the airfield infrastructure was dismantled in accordance with the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles.
- Leipzig–Altenburg Airport (AOC) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Leipzig–Altenburg Airport (AOC) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,789 miles (18,972 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The airfield at Altenburg–Nobitz is one of the oldest in Germany.
- In addition to being known as "Leipzig–Altenburg Airport", another name for AOC is "Flughafen Altenburg–Nobitz".
- Because of Leipzig–Altenburg Airport's relatively low elevation of 640 feet, planes can take off or land at Leipzig–Altenburg Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
- The closest airport to Leipzig–Altenburg Airport (AOC) is Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ), which is located 33 miles (53 kilometers) NNW of AOC.
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 137.09 miles (220.63 km) NE | Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport (CCM) | Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil |     |
| 2 | 137.45 miles (221.21 km) SSW | Pelotas International Airport (PET) | Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| 3 | 139.56 miles (224.60 km) NNW | Lauro Kurtz Airport (PFB) | Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| 4 | 152.34 miles (245.16 km) W | Santa Maria Airport (RIA) | Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| 5 | 155.75 miles (250.66 km) SSW | Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG) | Rio Grande, Brazil | |
| 6 | 162.01 miles (260.72 km) NNE | Antônio Correia Pinto de Macedo Airport (LAJ) | Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil | |
| 7 | 174.57 miles (280.95 km) NNW | Erechim Airport (ERM) | Erechim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| 8 | 196.28 miles (315.88 km) N | Santa Terezinha Municipal Airport (JCB) | Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil | |
| 9 | 196.50 miles (316.24 km) NW | João Batista Bos Filho Airport (IJU) | Ijuí, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| 10 | 199.49 miles (321.04 km) WSW | Comandante Gustavo Kraemer International Airport (BGX) | Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| 11 | 201.58 miles (324.41 km) NNW | Olavo Cecco Rigon Airport (CCI) | Concórdia, Amazonas, Brazil | |
| 12 | 206.86 miles (332.91 km) N | Ângelo Ponzoni Municipal Airport (VIA) | Videira, Santa Catarina, Brazil | |
| 13 | 216.13 miles (347.82 km) WNW | Sepé Tiaraju Airport (GEL) | Santo Ângelo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| 14 | 217.32 miles (349.75 km) NNW | Serafin Enoss Bertaso Airport (XAP) | Chapecó, Brazil | |
| 15 | 221.83 miles (357.01 km) N | Carlos Alberto da Costa Neves Airport (CFC) | Caçador, Santa Catarina, Brazil | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12,324.19 miles (19,833.82 km) WNW | Yakushima Airport (KUM) | Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan | |
| 2 | 12,316.37 miles (19,821.23 km) NNW | Amami Airport (ASJ) | Amami Island, Japan | |
| 3 | 12,303.56 miles (19,800.62 km) NNW | Kikai Airport (KKX) | Kikaiga Shima, Kikai-Shima Island, Japan | |
| 4 | 12,269.00 miles (19,744.99 km) NW | Kagoshima Airport (KOJ) | Kagoshima, Japan | |
| 5 | 12,252.15 miles (19,717.87 km) N | Fukue Airport (FUJ) | Gotō, Nagasaki, Japan | |
| 6 | 12,234.24 miles (19,689.04 km) NW | Miyazaki Airport (KMI) | Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan | |
| 7 | 12,224.96 miles (19,674.12 km) NNW | Nagasaki Airport (NGS) | Nagasaki, Japan | |
| 8 | 12,206.87 miles (19,645.01 km) NNW | Kumamoto Airport (KMJ) | Mashiki, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan | |
| 9 | 12,202.14 miles (19,637.40 km) NNW | Saga Airport (HSG) | Saga, Kyūshū, Japan | |
| 10 | 12,202.06 miles (19,637.27 km) NNE | Iejima Airport (IEJ) | Iejima, Japan | |
| 11 | 12,182.72 miles (19,606.13 km) NNE | Aguni Airport (AGJ) | Aguni, Japan | |
| 12 | 12,177.01 miles (19,596.95 km) NNE | Kadena Air Base 嘉手納飛行場 Kadena Hikōjō (DNA) | Okinawa Prefecture, Japan | |
| 13 | 12,171.33 miles (19,587.81 km) NNW | Iki Airport (IKI) | Iki, Iki Island, Japan | |
| 14 | 12,171.05 miles (19,587.36 km) NNW | Fukuoka Airport (FUK) | Fukuoka, Japan | |
| 15 | 12,170.81 miles (19,586.97 km) NNE | Jeongseok / Jungseok Airport (JDG) | Jeju province, South Korea | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 32.84 miles (52.85 km) NNW | Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ) | Leipzig, Germany | |
| 2 | 55.65 miles (89.56 km) SSW | Hof–Plauen Airport (HOQ) | Hof, Bavaria, Germany | |
| 3 | 55.66 miles (89.57 km) ENE | Dresden Airport (DRS) | Dresden, Germany | |
| 4 | 56.58 miles (91.06 km) SSE | Karlovy Vary Airport (KLV) | Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic | |
| 5 | 67.51 miles (108.64 km) W | Erfurt–Weimar Airport (ERF) | Erfurt, Germany | |
| 6 | 73.67 miles (118.55 km) S | Mariánské Lázně Airport (MKA) | Mariánské Lázně, Czech Republic | |
| 7 | 76.61 miles (123.30 km) NW | Magdeburg–Cochstedt Airport (CSO) | Magdeburg, Germany | |
| 8 | 78.67 miles (126.61 km) SSW | Bindlacher Berg Airport (BYU) | Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany | |
| 9 | 97.97 miles (157.67 km) SE | Prague Vaclav Havel Airport (PRG) | Prague, Czech Republic | |
| 10 | 98.09 miles (157.86 km) ESE | Vodochody Airport (VOD) | Vodochody, Czech republic | |
| 11 | 105.85 miles (170.35 km) NNE | Berlin Schönefeld Airport (SXF) | Berlin, Germany | |
| 12 | 106.66 miles (171.65 km) NNE | Royal Air Force Station Gatow (GWW) | Berlin, Germany | |
| 13 | 107.36 miles (172.78 km) NE | Cottbus-Drewitz Airport (CBU) | Cottbus, Brandenburg, Germany | |
| 14 | 109.99 miles (177.01 km) NNE | Berlin Tempelhof Airport (THF) | Berlin, Germany | |
| 15 | 114.06 miles (183.57 km) NNE | Berlin Tegel Airport (TXL) | Tegel / Berlin, Germany | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 11,788.63 miles (18,971.91 km) SE | Chatham Islands (CHT) | Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand | |
| 2 | 11,376.10 miles (18,308.02 km) SE | Hood Aerodrome (MRO) | Masterton, New Zealand | |
| 3 | 11,371.03 miles (18,299.86 km) ESE | Christchurch International Airport (CHC) | Christchurch, New Zealand | |
| 4 | 11,368.30 miles (18,295.46 km) ESE | Kaikoura Aerodrome (KBZ) | Kaikoura, New Zealand | |
| 5 | 11,367.08 miles (18,293.50 km) ESE | Oamaru Airport (OAM) | Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand | |
| 6 | 11,363.14 miles (18,287.16 km) ESE | Wellington International Airport (WLG) | Wellington, New Zealand | |
| 7 | 11,361.39 miles (18,284.34 km) E | Dunedin International Airport (DUD) | Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand | |
| 8 | 11,357.43 miles (18,277.96 km) ESE | Ashburton Aerodrome (ASG) | Ashburton, New Zealand | |
| 9 | 11,349.26 miles (18,264.81 km) ESE | Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ) | Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand | |
| 10 | 11,348.97 miles (18,264.34 km) ESE | Richard Pearse Airport (Timaru Airport) (TIU) | Timaru, New Zealand | |
| 11 | 11,342.38 miles (18,253.74 km) SE | Palmerston North Airport (PMR) | Palmerston North, New Zealand | |
| 12 | 11,340.38 miles (18,250.52 km) SE | Hawke's Bay Airport (NPE) | Napier, New Zealand | |
| 13 | 11,337.16 miles (18,245.34 km) ESE | Woodbourne Airport (BHE) | Blenheim, New Zealand | |
| 14 | 11,331.21 miles (18,235.76 km) SE | Gisborne Airport (GIS) | Gisborne, New Zealand | |
| 15 | 11,303.06 miles (18,190.47 km) SE | Wanganui Airport (WAG) | Wanganui, New Zealand | |